Summary Details The Trinidad & Tobago Chess Association in collaboration with CCA and under the auspices of FIDE will be hosting a FREE Arbiters Seminar in English, this will give Norms for the FIDE Arbiter title according to the regulations for the titles of Arbiters. (Limited to thirty persons) . This seminar will take place during theRead More
Reminder to all youth players to register for the upcoming CAC Youth Chess Festival to be held at the Cascadia Hotel, St. Anns from August 13-19, 2015. The deadline for pre-registration for local players is August 4, 2015. The TTCA is in the process of making arrangements for shuttles from San Fernando and Curepe. PlayersRead More
The second qualifier for the National Chess Championships 2015 took place at the Scarborough Library in Tobago. There were 14 players of which 5, were residents of Tobago. The two players who emerged at the top were FM Mario Merritt and FM Joshua Johnson who each scored 5.5 points out of 6. They will joinRead More
Adrian Winter-Atwell finishes on 6 points out of 7, and in first place, after the conclusion of the First National Qualifier held at Pan American Life Building in Port of Spain. In a field of 24 participants, Adrian played confidently to seal his place in the National Chess Championship 2015. His only loss came toRead More
This is an invitation to all national chess players to participate in the upcoming 2nd National Qualifier to take place at Anne Mitchell-Gift Auditorium, Scarborough Library, Garden Side Street, Scarborough, Tobago. Dates: June 19-21, 2015 Tournament: 6-round Swiss (once more than 7 players) Players are reminded that the next two (2) persons, to qualify for the National ChampionshipsRead More
Dear chess community The management committee of your Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association offers heartfelt congratulations to our first ever International Master, Vishnu Singh. He achieved the milestone by tying for 1st in the CAC U20 in Costa Rica today. At long last we have shattered that glass ceiling and achieved what has eluded us forRead More
Please join the TTCA in congratulating our new National Champion CM Vishnu Singh! The National Chess Championships-Absolute, concluded on Tuesday 18th November, with CM Vishnu Singh leading the group of 12 participants with 9.5 points. In close second was FM Joshua Johnson, with 9 points followed by 8-time NationalRead More
Our National Olympiad teams climbed up the ladder of success yesterday as the ladies hammered Palau 4-0 whilst the men downed the Bhutanese team 3.5 – 05. This performance earned the ladies a round 3 match against Japan and earned the men a match against Seychelles. Our players now smelling blood and knowing that a win earns themRead More
Trinidad & Tobago Olympiad team did us proud in round 1 of the Olympiad. Men’s team square off against 4 Grand Masters from Brazil Our men’s team played against an all-Grand master team and the result was…they fought as if they didn’t notice their opponents were Grand masters. Every last member of our team playedRead More
The team arrives in good spirit (but hungry after hours of travel 🙂 The Trinidad & Tobago Olympiad teams arrived in Tromso just after 3pm on Emancipation day (Trinidad time). The players were very happy and are really gelling as a team. IM Merijn Van Delft (coach for the men’s team) and IM Stefan KuipersRead More
